What Watch do you wear when you hunt?

[0002S]

WOW, is the Top Time B01 3 hander overpriced. Breitling has lost its mind with their MSRP pricing. 6 months after a launch they’re 35-40%+ off at Jomashop. The basic 3 hander on bracelet is $5900 MSRP. Insane.

 

[CJW]

WOW, is the Top Time B01 3 hander overpriced. Breitling has lost its mind with their MSRP pricing. 6 months after a launch they’re 35-40%+ off at Jomashop. The basic 3 hander on bracelet is $5900 MSRP. Insane.

I believe the general rule for Breitling is buy gray market or 2nd hand.

 

[Big guns]

G Shock GW-M5610 (known as the ‘square’) is the only watch you ever need. Especially the only outdoor watch you need if you like simple, small and comfortable. It is solar atomic, around $100 on Amazon and proven for decades. Never change batteries, and updates atomic time every night. I love my mine so much. Waterproof, bomb proof. There is a reason most soldiers wear G Shocks.

 

[lkydvl]

Honest to God....I'm on vacation. WTH would I need a watch for?

 

[AZSkibo]

It depends on the day really. Either a Rolex Deep Sea (birthday present from my wife) or, if I plan to be in the thick, a Hamilton khaki. I have a Garmin Fenix but I hate having to charge it and I don’t take advantage of most of the utilities so I gave it to my 13 year old son who thinks it’s just amazing. He’ll get the Rolex one day. But not yet.

 

[Betterinthebush]

I don’t wear jewelry. Not even a wedding band. It’s an occupational hazard for me. I own watches. I love them. They sit in the safe with my wedding band until my wife reminds me to wear them.

In the bush I use a windup railroad approved pocket watch on a break away chain. Knowing the time is important. Just don’t like the idea of losing one of my wrist watches for knowing it.

 

[franzfmdavis]

Brown hyena:

Leopard:

Brown hyena:

Leopard:

Giraffe:

I took a few pictures of my watch on my recent trip just for this thread

 

[towserthemouser]

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Love the Explorer II. I have the exact same watch and it will be going to Zimbabwe with me in less than a month.

 

[Daisy]

The real crime here is that’s a big watch even by men’s standards and chronographs are one of the least useful complications on a watch plus on a Daytona the pushers are screwdown so it’s doubly useless unless you run around with them unscrewed all the time. Maybe she was taking her split times walking the yard/blocks.

Huh?

 

[Altitude sickness]

Nice watch.
Those tracks look canine not feline.

 

[BeeMaa]

Honest to God....I'm on vacation. WTH would I need a watch for?

I get it, and it makes sense. But here is why...

For myself and many others, it's the same reason they choose a specific rifle in a particular cartridge for hunting elephant or leopard. The shared experience, like driving a 1965 Porsche 356c convertible on a beautiful day on the coast or in the mountains. That's about the best I can put it.

Could anyone take a big box store rifle on a hunt? The mini-van on the Sunday drive? Not wear a watch because they don't care about the time? Sure, no problem. The job still gets done and you are welcome to do so.

For the record, I've never driven a 1965 Porsche 356c convertible, but I'd love the opportunity to do so. And I'll be sure to wear one of my Omega watches while doing so.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Honest to God....I'm on vacation. WTH would I need a watch for?

I am at the age where one gets up once or twice in the night for a pee and in camp it is so satisfying, if not compelling, to check the time. 2am and you stumble to and from and hit the pillow again with a thud. 4:30am and you put on the kettle for coffee and stoke the fire.
For this valuable information I far prefer the subtle blue glow from my watch dial to the glaring rude shout from a wretched cell phone.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Firts time seeing a single hand dial, but of course it makes perfect sense. What elegant simplicity.

 

[Betterinthebush]

I get it, and it makes sense. But here is why...

For myself and many others, it's the same reason they choose a specific rifle in a particular cartridge for hunting elephant or leopard. The shared experience, like driving a 1965 Porsche 356c convertible on a beautiful day on the coast or in the mountains. That's about the best I can put it.

Could anyone take a big box store rifle on a hunt? The mini-van on the Sunday drive? Not wear a watch because they don't care about the time? Sure, no problem. The job still gets done and you are welcome to do so.

For the record, I've never driven a 1965 Porsche 356c convertible, but I'd love the opportunity to do so. And I'll be sure to wear one of my Omega watches while doing so.

I agree.

This is my G-Grandfather’s 18-size 15-jewel Railway grade pocket watch made ~1920ish. It will be making the first trip to Namibia with me in a couple months. When my grandson holds this watch in his hand I hope he thinks on the family history and value of taking care of something that was made well once. In 25 years there will not be an auctioneer at an advertised estate sale talking up the high quality of craftsmanship of my Apple 27 smart phone. But my watches with Swiss movements,? yea, they’re going to fetch good prices for the kids.